After 600 miles on the clock (since beginning of December), I managed 38 MPG (for a lousy average speed of 17 MPH), admittedly after 30 miles of Paris ring road with hardly any traffic (and a speed limit of 43.5 MPH) and my foot on the accelerator as if it was an unexploded landmine !<?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com
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Note : Incidentally, while I was on this ring road and fiddling with the cruise control after some traffic slowdown, I was pleasantly surprised by an automatic kick down! What a comfort an automatic gearbox brings in this day and age : no more disabling of the ever so necessary cruise control when downshifting!
I'll be able to really test this motor for the very first time this coming Saturday over a 300 mile trip, mostly motorways, I'll report duly back.
fficeffice" />Note : Incidentally, while I was on this ring road and fiddling with the cruise control after some traffic slowdown, I was pleasantly surprised by an automatic kick down! What a comfort an automatic gearbox brings in this day and age : no more disabling of the ever so necessary cruise control when downshifting!
I'll be able to really test this motor for the very first time this coming Saturday over a 300 mile trip, mostly motorways, I'll report duly back.
